Griffin and Sonnen rematch scheduled for the end of the year
Former double UFC
middleweight challenger, Chael Sonnen, on TV show UFC Tonight announced that he
is moving to light-heawyweight division to face the former UFC champion Forrest
Griffin. Duel is announced on December 2012. at UFC 155.
- "A number of years
ago, I fought with a guy who turned out to become a very good friend of mine,
and I lost the match," Sonnen said. "Since becoming friends and
competitors with him, I've also become a fan. I watched him win the world
championship. I watched him etch his name in stone as a guaranteed future Hall
of Famer. … He's the one guy Jon Jones hasn't fought. He's beat two world
champions in his last three outings.
- "I get very frustrated
that Forrest's name is left out of the conversation. This is a guy who's beat
everybody, and he's never been in the talks to fight Jon Jones. He's coming off
a fight with Tito Ortiz, one of the most decorated light heavyweights of all
time – a Hall of Famer. They go out and have a 'Fight of the Night,' an
awesome performance, and still, he gets overlooked."
Those who are more familiar
with MMA history will remember their first match which played on the IFC Global
Domination tournament in 2003rd. Griffin managed to finish Sonnen with the
triangle choking at start of a tournament, that whole one evening tournament
later won Renato "Babalu" Sobral.
Obviously Sonnen decided to
pay some old debts from the past before him and Griffin retire. That the news
is totally true confirmed the UFC leader Dana White.
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